GIGLI, GIROLAMO. — Writer, born in Siena on 14 Oct. 1660, died on 4 Jan. 1722 in Rome, where he had taken up residence in 1708 to escape the hostility of the cultural and ecclesiastical environment in Siena.
A caustic but superficially satirical spirit, he wrote original comedies (such as *La sorellina di Don Pilone*) and theatrical adaptations from Racine, Molière, Montfleury, and Palpat (such as *I litiganti*, *Il Don Pilone* and *Le furberie di Scapino*, *La Scuola delle fanciulle*, *I vizi correnti all'ultima moda*), pursuing anticlerical satire as his goal. He published the works of St. Catherine of Siena, followed by a *Vocabolario cateriniano* (Lucca 1717), with which he sought to demonstrate the superiority of the Sienese vernacular over Florentine.